The 2011 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship was the 54th

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(BTCC) season. Cars conforming to the

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(NGTC) specification were allowed to compete in the championship for the first time, in a phased transition from Super 2000 specification to the NGTC specification. The season was also the final time that cars built to the

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specification were allowed to compete, ending the specification's decade of competition in the BTCC.

Team Dynamics Team Dynamics Motorsport is a UK-based motor-racing team based in Droitwich, Worcestershire; best known for their successes in the British Touring Car Championship, including winning the Overall Drivers title in 2005, 2006 and 2011 with Matt Ne ...

Matt Neal Matthew Neal (born 20 December 1966) is a British motor racing driver. Neal is a triple BTCC Champion having won the British Touring Car Championship in 2005, 2006 and 2011. Neal is also a record 6 time BTCC Independents Champion having won the ...

claimed his third BTCC title after finishing 8th in the final round of the season, two places ahead of teammate and rival

Gordon Shedden Gordon Shedden (born 15 February 1979) is a Scottish auto racing driver, currently competing in the British Touring Car Championship for the Halfords Racing with Cataclean team. He has previously won the series on three occasions; in 2012, 201 ...

, who was beaten to the title by eight points. Reigning Champion

Jason Plato Timothy Jason Plato (born 14 October 1967) is a British racing driver who last competed in the British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) for BTC Racing. He has twice been BTCC Champion, in 2001 for Vauxhall and 2010 for Silverline Chevrolet. He ...

finished third after suffering a puncture in the first race of the final meeting at Silverstone. With the Hondas claiming a 1–2, this all but eliminated Plato from the title fight. Joint fourth in the outright championship were Independents' title protagonists Mat Jackson and James Nash, with Jackson finishing fourth on merit of race wins, four to Nash's one. Nash, however, claimed the Independents' title in the first race at Silverstone after Jackson also suffered a puncture. Both however had torrid races after, failing to score points in both races. Nash's team,

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also claimed the Independents Teams' championship. With Neal and Shedden first and second in the Drivers' championship, Honda easily clinched both the Teams' and Manufacturers' championships.

Teams and drivers

The entry list for the 2011 season was revealed at the championship's Media Day held at Silverstone on 24 March 2011.

Driver changes

; Changed teams *

Andy Neate Andrew Neate (born 19 August 1974 in Aylesbury) was a British racing driver. Racing career After first racing in karting, he drove in Formula First in 1997. In 1999 he went on to the Formula Opel Europa Cup and a year later he drove in the Ford F ...

will move from

West Surrey Racing West Surrey Racing is a UK-based motorsport team run by New Zealander Dick Bennetts. He is responsible for masterminding the careers of such names as Ayrton Senna, Mika Häkkinen, Jonathan Palmer, Rubens Barrichello, Maurício Gugelmin and Eddi ...

to partner

Tom Chilton Thomas James Chilton (born 15 March 1985) is a British racing driver. He has spent most of his career competing in touring car racing; he was a former factory Vauxhall and Honda driver in the British Touring Car Championship, and currently driv ...

at Team Aon. *

Tom Onslow-Cole Thomas Michael Onslow-Cole (born 16 May 1987 in Kingston, Surrey ) is a British auto racing driver. He won the International GT Open in Pro-Am category in 2018 and in 2019 and the 24H Series in 2015. It was announced in April 2014 that he wou ...

will move from Team Aon to race for AmD Milltek Racing with YourRacingCar. * After driving for his own team in

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will drive an Audi for

Rob Austin Racing Robert Christopher Austin (born 1 February 1981) is a British racing driver who formerly competed in the British Touring Car Championship. He was born in Evesham, Worcestershire. Racing career Formula 3 His career started in British Formula ...

. ; Entering/re-entering BTCC *

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will début in the series, partnering

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at West Surrey Racing. *

Tony Gilham Anthony "Tony" Gilham (born 19 May 1979) is a British auto racing driver. He is the founder and owner of Team HARD. Racing, who currently compete in various championships including the British Touring Car Championship. Racing career Early ye ...

will enter the series after three years in the

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, with Triple 8. * Having competed for Motorbase Performance in the

, Liam Griffin will step up into the championship. * Tony Hughes will enter the series with Speedworks Motorsport, having driven for the team in the

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. * Chris James, who previously raced in the Mini Challenge, will race for his own Team ES Racing. * Renault Clio Cup champion

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moved into the BTCC with Geoff Steel Racing. * Jeff Smith will move into the series full-time – having finished eighth in the

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– after contesting the Knockhill round for Triple 8 in 2010. He will join Pirtek Racing. * Ginetta G50 Cup champion

Frank Wrathall Frank Brian Wrathall Jnr. (born 4 October 1986 in Lancaster) is a British motor racing driver who has competed in the British Touring Car Championship. He won his first race on 21 October 2012 in the final race of the 2012 BTCC season. Having ...

will also graduate into the championship with his family-run Dynojet team. ; Leaving BTCC *

Shaun Hollamby Shaun Hollamby (born 4 December 1965 in Pembury, Kent) is a British auto racing driver and race team owner. He is the managing director of AmD Tuning, a performance tuning company and motor racing team based in West Thurrock, Essex. He also cu ...

will revert to a team principal role within the AmD Milltek Racing with YourRacingCar team. *

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will move into sportscars, racing in the SPEED EuroSeries with HMR.

Team changes

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will enter the series, with his own team running two

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s to NGTC specification. * Dynojet will enter the series, running a single NGTC Toyota Avensis. * Speedworks Motorsport will enter the series, becoming the first team to commit to the new Next Generation Touring Car, running two cars. * Motorbase Performance will switch from BMWs to Fords, running under the Airwaves Racing banner. * Geoff Steel will enter the series running a BMW for Dave Newsham.

Mid-season changes

; Driver changes * After originally joining the series as team principal of his own team,

made his début at

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replacing David Pinkney, due to the latter's business commitments. * During the fourth round at Oulton Park,

left AmD Milltek Racing with YourRacingCar and later announced a return to Team Aon alongside Tom Chilton and Andy Neate. * Prior to the Oulton Park round

left Geoff Steel Racing and moved to Special Tuning Racing. *

made a return for one round at Croft for his own team AmD Milltek Racing with YourRacingCar. From Snetterton and onwards

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took the seat. * Daniel Welch entered the series with his family-run team Welch Racing running NGTC Proton Gen-2 from Snetterton and onwards. * After Snetterton

left Triple 8 and at Rockingham he returned with GSR. * Árón Smith made his series début, replacing Gilham at Triple 8 for the round at Knockhill only. *

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made his series début at Rockingham for Airwaves Racing, after six years racing in the

. * Ollie Jackson entered for the final 2 rounds of the season with Triple 8. * James Thompson returned for the final round at Silverstone with Airwaves Racing, replacing Caine. * John Thorne entered the series with Thorney Motorsport. ; Team changes * Geoff Steel Racing were absent from Truxton to Rockingham after failing to secure a replacement for the departed Newsham. From Rockingham Tony Gilham was the sole entry for the team, inclung NGTC engine swap for the final round. * Welch Motorsport entered a single NGTC

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in the second half of the 2011 season, with a debut at Snetterton. The car was driven by Daniel Welch. * Triple 8 entered a single car for James Nash at Rockingham. * Thorney Motorsport entered the series at the Silverstone round, running NGTC

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for the team owner John Thorne.

Race calendar and results

All races were held in the United Kingdom. The calendar was announced by the championship organisers on 8 September 2010, with no major changes from 2010.

Championship standings

*No driver may collect more than one "Lead a Lap" point per race no matter how many laps they lead. *Race 1 polesitter receives 1 point.

Drivers' Championship

( key) *Note: bold signifies pole position (1 point given in first race only, and race 2 and 3 poles are based on race results), ''italics'' signifies fastest lap (1 point given all races) and * signifies at least one lap in the lead (1 point given all races).

Teams and drivers

Driver changes

Team changes

Mid-season changes

Race calendar and results

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship

Manufacturers'/Constructors' Championship

Teams' Championship

Independents' Trophy

Independent Teams' Trophy

Notes

References

External links